Synopsis
A Guide To The Examination Of The Urine: Designed Chiefly For The Use Of Clinical Clerks And Students by John Wickham Legg is a concise bedside manual for medical students and clerks. It presents a practical, step-by-step plan for systematic urine examination, from physical attributes (color, translucency, odor, and consistency) to chemical tests (albumen, sugar, bile pigments, phosphates, chlorides, urea, uric acid, etc.) and microscopic analysis (renal casts, epithelial cells, pus, mucus, crystals such as urates, uric acid, oxalates, phosphates). The text includes methods such as Moore's test, Trommer's test, Fehling's test, Pettenkofer's test, and Millon's test, plus procedures for estimating constituents, and an appendix detailing apparatus and reagents. It emphasizes clinical interpretation, linking findings to renal and urinary tract diseases (Bright's disease, cystitis, pyelitis, calculi) and outlining how a complete urinary analysis assists diagnosis and prognosis. The work originated in 1869 London editions and remains a practical educational resource.
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